Redditors Photoshop the Bavarian Police Force’s ‘Star Wars’ Helmets

Last week, the Internet shared a long, cruel laugh when Bavarian Minister of the Interior Joachim Herrmann unveiled designs for the local police force’s new helmets, which looked a little—what’s the word?—Vaderesque.

If you’re not familiar with Photoshop Battles, here’s how they work: A random photo is presented. Anybody in the community can participate. All you need to do is edit the image as you please and submit your work in the comments section.

And now, time to alert all commands and calculate every possible use for those wacky Bavarian space helmets!

Reddit user evil-i tried to frame the helmets as a fashion-forward piece from the mind of Mugatu:

Reddit user evil-i

(One small critique: The helmet should be at least three times bigger than this.)

User Captain_McFiesty thought the Bavarian Minister of the Interior could’ve made the helmet “even safer”—suggesting some improvements so that even a turtle would feel secure under there:

Reddit user Captain_McFiesty

Speaking of Bavarian turtles, if you’ve never watched the German intro to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, now’s probably as good a time as any…

Reddit user fizzchillaatwork must’ve been on shrooms when they turned the police helmet into this fungal fedora: